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Le Berceau

12095
Nominal Guns20
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorState Navy
Launched12.7.1794
First Commissioned7.1794
How acquiredPurpose built
ShipyardLorient - Brittany
CategorySixth Rate
Ship TypeCorvette
Sailing RigShip Rigged
Broken Up1804

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentE-WIKI
Burthen350Ton 

2 Ship Commanders


DatesRankNameSource
9.1800 - 12.10.1800Capitaine de Frégate
Louis André SenezFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1761-1836
E-WIKI
1803 - 1804Capitaine de Frégate
Emmanuel HalganFrench
Naval Sailor
Merchant Sailor
Service 1793-1841

1 Crewman


DatesRatingNameSource
24.5.1803 - 25.10.1804Novice
Jacques Louis Pierre VallinFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1831
ref:631

Service History


DateEventSource
13.7.1800In action against two Portuguese corvettes off GuyanaE-WIKI
12.10.1800Boston vs Berceau
12.10.1800Taken by
Boston (28) 1799-1814
American 28 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
600 miles northeast of Guadeloupe

22.6.1801Returned to France as part of the Peace treaty with the U.S.A.E-WIKI
1803

Halgan took command of the corvette "Berceau" in Martinique , returned to France and left in 1803 , on the same vessel , to bring the announcement of war with England to the seas of India .

ref:631
1803Took the Merchantman
Countess of Sutherland (Unknown) 1800-1803
British Unknown Gun
Merchant Merchantman
ref:631
14.2.1804Battle of Pulo Aura


Sources


IDNameAuthorType
E-WIKIWikipediaVarious, Web Site
ref:631Geneanet Web Site
 
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Posted by Barry J Fox on Saturday 5th of October 2019 19:39

l'Berceau is listed, in Rif Winfield's book as being 113 French feet long and 28 French feet in the beam. By my calculations, that made her 492 BM tons. He uses Troude's armament of 22-8#, 8-12# carronades, but slightly larger ships of her class carried only 20-8#. Winfield lists her complement as 180.


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